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Game Server Hosting

The Game servers are locally or remotely ran dedicated server which are used by game clients to play league matches in a game enthusiastic community. Normally the data are being sent from game client to the game server remotely from where the game server process the data and send it back out to the clients. [...]

Set hostname for VPS or a dedicated server.

Greetings,
If you have a new VPS or a dedicated server with cpanel and are looking for some document on guidance how to set the name server for it the here is the step by step to do it.
The hostname must be FQDN - Fully Qualified Domain Name
hostname is the your server’s name that you want [...]

How to access cpanel without pointing DNS to that server

How to access cpanel without pointing DNS to that server
Hello Friends,
You can access your cpanel without pointing your DNS to that server from your local machine. For that please follow the following steps.
1. Make sure that you are having the account on that server which you are trying to access.
2. You [...]

TCP/IP Application Protocols

Following are the TCP/IP Application protocols:
1.DHCP:
DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol is defined by RFC’s 2131
and 2132.DHCP is Dynamic Host Configuration
Protocol (DHCP) allows IP addresses to
be allocated to hosts on an as-needed basis.DHCP lets a host
‘borrow’ an IP address from a pool of IP addresses; when the
address is no longer required it is recycled and made [...]

Learn vi Editor Basics…

Getting Started
The command “vi” without any file name will open a new file where you can enter the text and edit but while coming out you will be asked to enter a valid file name to save the text.
“vi” with a existing file name will open that file for editing.
After a file is opened it [...]

Install exim and configure it as a SMTP mail server

Install exim and configure it as a SMTP mail server
1. Install the exim mail server as
# up2date exim
2. Change the default Mail Transport Agent (MTA) to exim:
# system-switch-mail
3. Select exim.
4. Edit exim’s configuration file as :
# vi /etc/exim.conf
In Main Configuration Settings, search for the entry called primary_hostname and add the hostname of system:
primary_hostname = server.hostname.com
5. [...]

No space left on device: mod_rewrite: could not create rewrite_log_lock

Hello,
If you are getting
No space left on device: mod_rewrite: could not create rewrite_log_lock
error while restrating apache then do this to fix it (replace “apache” with the name of the
user apache runs as):
ipcs -s | grep apache | perl -e ‘while () { @a=split(/s+/); print `ipcrm sem $a[1]`}’
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Increase the number of TELNET sessions allowed

Increase the number of telnet sessions allowed :
The number of telnet sessions allowed is limited to 60 by default and it is controlled by xinetd. You can check it from /etc/xinetd.conf file on the server.
A default /etc/xinetd.conf file will be as per given below;
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cat /etc/xinetd.conf
#
# Simple configuration file for xinetd
#
# Some defaults, and include /etc/xinetd.d/
defaults
{
instances               [...]

Troubleshooting hard drive problems

Hello,
When a hard disk fails, the computer doesn’t boot, as in the case of a boot drive failure, and the frenzy to save important company data ensues. When faced with such a problem, don’t panic. Just remember these simple hard drive troubleshooting tips.
Seven steps to troubleshooting hard drives
Here’s a quick and [...]

Windows application shortcuts

Greetings folks,
Here are some of the the shortcuts for the windows application that you can run from start >> run
Accessibility Controls
access.cpl
Add Hardware Wizard
hdwwiz.cpl
Add/Remove Programs
appwiz.cpl
Administrative Tools
control admintools
Automatic Updates
wuaucpl.cpl
Bluetooth Transfer Wizard
fsquirt
Calculator
calc
Certificate Manager
certmgr.msc
Character Map
charmap
Check Disk Utility
chkdsk
Clipboard Viewer
clipbrd
Command Prompt
cmd
Component Services
dcomcnfg
Computer Management
compmgmt.msc
Date and Time Properties
timedate.cpl
DDE Shares
ddeshare
Device Manager
devmgmt.msc
Direct X Control Panel (If [...]